Inpex to tender FEED FLNG for Abadi gas field project in H2

By Godang Sitompul

 

Japanese oil and gas company Inpex Corporation said it will conduct tender for front-end engineering and design (FEED) for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) plant to be deployed in Abadi field within Masela Block in Arafura Sea.

 

?Inpex is currently preparing to conduct the FEED tender in second semester,? Communication and Relationship Manager of Indonesian operation of Inpex Corp, Alfred Menayang, told Petromindo.com.

 

FEED for the floating processing plant is separate from FEED for Subsea, Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines (SURF), which is still on going. Inpex is expected to announce the FEEDs in second semester this year.

 

A number of participants taking part in the SURF tender including Chiyoda Corp., Technip, Saipem, IKPT-Petrofac consortium, Tripatra Engineering, Malaysian firm EJ Joint Venture, Indoturbine and JGC have submitted their bids, the upstream authority BPMIGAS said earlier.

 

The Masela block is offshore area of 3,221 km2 with water depth ranging from 400 meters to 800 meters. The Abadi gas field was discovered in 2000, and the subsequent six appraisal wells and study results confirmed the sufficient gas reserves for LNG development.

 

The final investment decision (FID) of the project will be determined after the completion of the FEEDs.

 

The FLNG is expected to have a capacity to process 2.5 million tons per annum of LNG. The FLNG will be the first of its kind in Indonesia.

 

Editing by Roffie Kurniawan